Name: Sphingomonas azotifigens Xie and Yokota 2006
Etymology: a.zo.ti.fi’gens. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; from Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); from Gr. fem. n. zôê, life; from N.Gr. fem. n. azôê, not sustaining life; L. pres. part. figens, fixing; from L. v. figo, to fix; N.L. part. adj. azotifigens, nitrogen fixing
Type strain: CCTCC AB 205007; DSM 18530; IAM 15283; JCM 21734; NBRC 15497; Y39
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16S rRNA gene: AB033947 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Sphingomonas azotifigens sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of Oryza sativa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:889-893.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990
Assigned by: Xie CH, Yokota A. Sphingomonas azotifigens sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of Oryza sativa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:889-893.
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Record number: 784916